| WHMIS or Workplace Hazardous Material Information | | | | 7.first aid measures (what to do in an emergency) |
| System label is a requirement under the Canadian law. | | | | 8.have all text in English and French |
| In Canada WHMIS label is basically one of the ways | | | | 9.have the WHMIS hatched border. |
| health hazard information is made available to anyone | | | | Supplier labels for materials from a laboratory supply |
| using the material. These labels tell also what | | | | house that are intended for use in a laboratory in |
| precautions should be taken when the product is | | | | amount less than 10 kg and any controlled product |
| used. Suppliers of a WHMIS-controlled product are | | | | sold in a container with less than 100 ml may contain |
| responsible to have a WHMIS label authored or have | | | | less information than listed above. In that case, if the |
| a regulatory company do it for them. However, there | | | | product is always used in the container with the |
| are two different types that are used most often: | | | | supplier label, no other label is required. However, |
| the supplier label and the workplace label. | | | | sometimes the lab tech would want to put some of |
| The content of the suppler and the workplace labels | | | | the material into another container for use in the |
| is slightly different depending on who is required to | | | | workplace. This new container does require a |
| put the label on the product. If a supplier label is not | | | | workplace WHMIS label, which must appear on all |
| attached to a controlled product the employee is not | | | | controlled products produced in a workplace or |
| to use the material until the supplier delivers an MSDS | | | | transferred to other containers by the employer. In |
| and a supplier label, which means under the Canadian | | | | this case the WHMIS label may appear in placard |
| law the WHMIS label is to appear on all controlled | | | | form on controlled products received in bulk from a |
| products received at workplaces. The supplier | | | | supplier which must have the following |
| WHMIS label must have following information and | | | | information:product identifier (product name) |
| format: | | | | 1.information for the safe handling of the product |
| 1.product identifier (name of product) | | | | 2.statement that the MSDS is available |
| 2.supplier identifier (name of company that sold it) | | | | 3.may contain the WHMIS hazard symbols or other |
| 3.a statement that an MSDS is available | | | | pictograms |
| 4.hazard symbols [the pictures of the classification(s)] | | | | Although, these are the minimum requirements for |
| 5.risk phrases (words that describe the main hazards | | | | workplace labels the employer may wish to put more |
| of the product) | | | | information on the labels which again are not required |
| 6.precautionary measures (how to work with the | | | | under the Canadian law. |
| product safely), and | | | | |